California EV Battery Recycling Bill Reintroduced

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): A California bill requiring battery suppliers to pay the costs of moving electric vehicle batteries through their lifecycles has been set for an initial committee hearing by the state legislature April 2.

State Sen. Ben Allen introduced SB 615 on Feb. 20. It was referred to two committees, on transportation and on environmental quality, on March 5. The latter committee will hold the April 2 hearing.

The measure aims “to ensure all vehicle traction batteries are reused, repaired, repurposed, remanufactured, and eventually recycled” and would “require the battery supplier to pay the … actual and reasonable regulatory costs to implement and enforce” the new law, according to a legislative counsel’s digest of the bill.

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